Today. the descendants of the ancient Israelites are still struggling to maintain both their identity and their being in the face of Arab hostility and terrorist activity. What more poignant example of the modern day lack of freedom can be exhibited than the intolerable way the Iraqi Jews are presently being treated. These people are virtual hostages in a country which will not allow them freedom and peace in other lands. They have been denied their civil liberties. boycotted by their fellow countrymen. deprived of their jobs and sources of income. and denied their right to attend universities. It is for this reason that I recently introduced a resolution which would urge the Iraqi Government to allow their Jewish people the right to emigrate from
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